We started and now end the month with images of this lovely pink paradise. Enjoy while Style Maniac follows her own advice and heads to the beach with a pile of books. Hope you have a great holiday...see you in September.
THE BEACH: Harbour Island, Bahamas
Harbour Island has everything I want in a beach vacation--powdery pink sand; warm, aqua water; no high rises or chains; really good food in restaurants with personality and a beach chic dress code; simple yet stylish accommodations; a few cute shops; and golf carts as the default mode of transportation; all of which combine to make you feel you've landed on a magical dollhouse island plucked straight out of a storybook.
THE BOOK: A Trip to the Beach by Melinda and Robert Blanchard
A really great beach can get you thinking about selling everything and starting a new island life. But what's it really like to live in paradise? This book answers that question from the perspective of a married couple who sold everything, moved to Anguilla and then opened a gourmet restaurant. A fun, easy read.
Photo by Doreen Creede
Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
SUNRISE TO SUNSET
An outfit that would work from brunch to cocktails no matter what beach you may be on.
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Friday, August 28, 2009
WAVES
THE BEACH: Westhampton Beach, NY
My husband's favorite beach, to which all ocean waves are compared. I find it amazing that such blue water and untrampled miles of dunes exist only 60 miles from New York City.
THE BOOK: Heat by Bill Buford
As I sweltered in Manhattan during a trade show last week I thought of this book, the account of a New Yorker writer who takes a year off to apprentice with Mario Batali. Entertaining, elucidating (sometimes too much so); and who knows, out in the Hamptons you might actually run into Mario himself.
Photos by Doreen Creede
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
VDelSol Swimwear in Europe
If you're not yet familiar with V del Sol Swimwear, you soon will be.
Growing up on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, Veronique de la Cruz couldnot help but adopt twin passions for high fashion and the ideal beach ensemble. The island has a real bathing suit culture, she recalls. When you go to the beach in a bathing suit, its as if you are going to a party. As a young girl, I spent my time saving money to buy swimsuits. I had to look fabulous when I went out. In Guadeloupe, it was a fashion faux pas to be seen wearing the same bathing suit twice. So my cousin and I saved money to buy different swimsuits and we would exchange and mix and match them so it would always seem that we had something new.Even so, Veronique was never completely satisfied with the results. I would always find something wrong with the suits and wanted to modify them to my taste, adding that special special something- that French flair. The desire to find the perfect suit burned strong. Little did she know that more than a decade later her vie du soleil would become V DEL SOL. In 2006 her stunning swimwear launch collection was hailed as The Next Big Thing!Ready to Make Waves and Absolument Innovants,covered in magazines that included Vogue, Elle, Flare and Sports Ilustrated Swimsuit Edition.Veronique moved to Costa Rica with her business executive husband and their two young children. Entranced by that countrys gorgeous flora and fauna-which she captured in paintings-and encouraged by her husband, she decided to create her ideal bathing suit. I wanted to show the beauty of Costa Rica through the eyes of a fashionista,she says.
Monday, August 24, 2009
What’s That Kimmy Dora?
Kimmy Dora, Kambal sa Kiyeme is set to be shown on September 2. It stars the wacky Eugene Domingo as the twins who will seem to battle it out life and limb for Dingdong Dantes' heart and the wealth of their father. Sounds like fun from the funny trailer alone. Below is their poster which you can click to make it gigantic.
While I was browsing at their official website, I was surprised to see a supposedly innocuous looking picture of Dora on the left side of the Ang Kodakan link. But looking closely at the gloves, it surely is shaped something... uh you know what I mean.
Despite that obvious fail in hand gloves, I guess it's worth to see Eugene in her funniest roles to date.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
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LUSCIOUS LITTLE COTTAGE
Why can't all beach rentals be this cute? Just one glance at those crisp white walls, zebra chairs and hot pink accents mixed with vintage finds makes me want to reserve this aptly named "Luscious Little Cottage" on Tybee Island, Georgia right now. Bonus: it's just "99 1/2/ steps to the beach." I'd pack a stack of design magazines, some new and old Rebecca Wells books and while away a week or two if I could.
Discovered in Coastal Living Magazine's January/February 2009 issue. Visit www.coastalliving.com to view other enticing beach rentals.
Discovered in Coastal Living Magazine's January/February 2009 issue. Visit www.coastalliving.com to view other enticing beach rentals.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Miss Baja Bikini Jam 2009
Woensdag 19 augustus was alweer de laatste Baja Live on the Beach van 2009. Jammer! Daarom werdt die avond alles uit de kast gehaald om de twee fantastische voorgaande edities te overtreffen. Op deze zonnige zomeravond vondt de finale plaats van de Baja Bikini Jam. Tien mooie dames strijden om de titel Baja Beach Model 2009, een shoot in FHM en een plaats in de internationale bikini jam in Mexico!
Bedankt aan Lybethras Swimwear Sponsor van de BikiniThursday, August 20, 2009
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The Wild World of Women & Supreme
Adorned with eyeballs, severed feet and intestines, the “World of Women & Supreme” is a specialedition of V Magazine that will be sold with the new issue, V61. It features female models from Women and Superme model agencies getting animalistic and wild.
The photography is by Paul Rowland and the styling is by Nicholas Grasa. The models are Alana Zimmer, Alla Kostromicheva, Behati Prinsloo, Christina Kruse, Daiane Conterato, Darya Kurovska, Georgina Stojiljkovic, Hanne Gaby Odiele, Hannelore Knuts, Iris Strubegger, Isabeli Fontana, Meghan Collison, Mina Cvetkovic, Natasa Vojnovic, Ranya Mordanova, Rose Cordero, Suvi Koponen, Valentina Zelyaeva, and Yulia Kharlapanova.
Here is a behind the scenes clip of the wild action.
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